District pipe systems: Concrete irrigation systems compared in study of efficiency of open, closed, and semi-closed types

Pillsbury, A

District pipe systems: Concrete irrigation systems compared in study of efficiency of open, closed, and semi-closed types

Author

Arthur F. Pillsbury

Author Affiliations

Arthur F. Pillsbury is Associate Professor of Irrigation, University of California College of Agriculture, Los Angeles.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 5(6):7-8. DOI:10.3733/ca.v005n06p7. June 1951.

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Abstract

Surging can' be minimized in future designs in the open system of concrete pipe irrigation but the closed and semi-closed types–where surging is no problem–have much to offer.

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